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America's Iraqi prisoners By Joseph Logan, Researcher, Middle East & North Africa Division Published in New Statesman Online Detainees – all Iraqis, save for a small number of foreigners – are denied their basic right not to be held indefinitely without charge or trial. Many are young men rounded up in mass, arbitrary arrests August 8, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Syria: Economist Freed as Crackdown Goes on Government Should Release All Jailed for Peaceful Dissent Syria’s release of prominent activist `Aref Dalila on August 7, 2008, after seven years in detention, is welcome, but the government should also free dozens more detainees being held for nonviolent political activities, Human Rights Watch said today. August 8, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version UN: Renewed Peacekeeper Mandate for Darfur US Abstains in Support of ICC Case Against Sudan’s President The Security Council’s renewal of the mandate for peacekeepers in Darfur without delaying legal proceedings against Sudan’s president reaffirms a commitment to justice and security for Sudanese civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. July 31, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Occupied Palestinian Territories: New Arrests Highlight Abuses by Hamas, Fatah Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank Suffer From Factional Strife Hamas forces in Gaza and Fatah forces in the West Bank have carried out a wave of unlawful arrests against opponents in recent days, Human Rights Watch said today. In Gaza, Hamas forces physically abused some of the people they apprehended and closed roughly 100 organizations they consider allied with Fatah. July 30, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: End Executions of Juvenile Offenders 29 Adults and Two Juvenile Offenders Hanged The Iranian judiciary should immediately halt all executions of juvenile offenders and Iran’s parliament should move swiftly to ban such executions, a group of human rights organizations said today. July 29, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Syria: Investigate Sednaya Prison Deaths Two Weeks After Shootings, Still No Official Information on Deaths or Injuries The Syrian government should order an independent investigation into the deadly shooting of inmates by military police at Sednaya prison two weeks ago and make the findings public, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also called on the authorities to immediately make public the names of those killed or injured in the incident. July 22, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version US: Obama Should Highlight Human Rights on Mideast Trip US Senator Barack Obama should put respect for human rights at the center of his forthcoming tour of the Middle East, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to him released today. Obama will visit the region on Monday after traveling to Afghanistan this weekend. July 21, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Iran: Release Detained HIV/AIDS Experts Arrested Physicians Have Not Been Charged, Whereabouts Unknown Iranian authorities should immediately release or charge two physicians who are internationally recognized for their work on HIV/AIDS, Human Rights Watch said today. The men, Arash and Kamyar Alaei, who are brothers, were detained without charge by Iranian security forces in late June, and their whereabouts remain unknown. July 21, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Egypt: Release Dozens of Protestors Held Without Charge Detainees Held for More Than 90 Days, Allegedly Tortured Egypt should immediately release six men who have been detained for more than 90 days without charge since their arrests following a workers strike and street protests in Mahalla al-Kobra in April, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also called on authorities to suspend the prosecution of 49 others by a security court where procedures violate fair trial rights and to investigate allegations that some of the men were tortured. July 18, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Bahrain: Convictions Tainted by Claims of Abuse Verdicts Follow Allegations of Torture, Coerced Confessions in Detention Repeated allegations that confessions were obtained by abuse cast doubt on sentences that a Bahraini court has handed down this week to opposition political activists over violent protests in 2007, Human Rights Watch said today. The convictions of the men rested in part on confessions obtained during their interrogation and detention. July 16, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version US/Algeria: Reveal Location of Guantanamo Detainees Two Algerians Missing Since Their July 2 Return Home US and Algerian authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of two Algerians transferred from Guantanamo to Algeria on July 2, 2008. The two men, Abderrahmane Houari, 28, and Mustafa Ahmed Hamlily, 49, have been missing since their return. July 11, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Human Rights Watch Letter to Senator Obama Your upcoming visit to Israel and Jordan is an opportunity to reaffirm America’s commitment to basic principles of human rights and freedom while promoting security and extending a helping hand of friendship to the Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian people. July 10, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version Saudi Arabia: Domestic Workers Face Harsh Abuses Key Reforms Stalled, Few Remedies for Slavery-Like Conditions Saudi Arabia should implement labor, immigration, and criminal justice reforms to protect domestic workers from serious human rights abuses that in some cases amount to slavery, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Employers often face no punishment for committing abuses including months or years of unpaid wages, forced confinement, and physical and sexual violence, while some domestic workers face imprisonment or lashings for spurious charges of theft, adultery, or "witchcraft." July 8, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version "As If I Am Not Human" Abuses against Asian Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-351-X July 8, 2008 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 466 KB, 137 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release The Trap of Sponsorship By Christoph Wilcke and Nisha Varia Published in Al-Hayat In its new report, “As If I Am Not Human,” Human Rights Watch presents an in-depth look into the lives of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. After two years of research and more than 140 interviews with Asian domestic workers, recruiters, and government officials, the report details cases of forced labor, human trafficking, and slavery-like conditions and the much more widespread abuses of non-payment of salaries, forced confinement, food deprivation, excessive workload, and instances of severe psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. July 8, 2008 Commentary Also available in
Printer friendly version Protecting Domestic Workers’ Rights By Christoph Wilcke and Nisha Varia Published in Arab News DURING our last visit in March 2008 to Riyadh, we talked with a Sri Lankan woman in her fifties who worked as a housemaid. She told us that she was returning home, because her mother was dying. A year earlier, she had come to Saudi Arabia as a domestic worker after her husband had died in the 2004 tsunami, and her house and life savings were washed away. Her salary as a schoolteacher was insufficient to support her two sons in university. July 8, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Enforcing the International Prohibition on the Juvenile Death Penalty Submission for the Secretary-General's report on a death penalty moratorium Human Rights Watch's submission documents laws and practices resulting in the death penalty against juvenile offenders in the five countries known to have executed juvenile offenders since January 2005: Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen. July 7, 2008 Legal Submissions Printer friendly version Iran: Spare Four Youths From Execution Enforce International Prohibition on Death Penalty for Juvenile Offenders Today 24 international and regional human rights organizations called on Iranian authorities to spare four youths facing execution and to stop imposing the death penalty for crimes committed by juvenile offenders – persons who commit crimes while under the age of 18 – and to uphold their international obligation to enforce the absolute prohibition on the death penalty. July 7, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Jordan: Scrap New Laws That Stifle Democracy US, EU Should Condition Aid on Kingdom’s Rights Record Prime Minister Nader Dahabi should withdraw two new draft laws on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and public assembly from consideration by parliament, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the prime minister. The draft law on NGOs would further expand the government’s wide control over establishing, operating, and funding NGOs. The draft law on assembly would continue to restrict Jordanians’ right to congregate, requiring the Ministry of Interior’s approval for meetings that discuss “public policies.” July 1, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Morocco: Drop Criminal Charges Against Rights Defender, Journalist Charged With Disseminating ‘False Information,’ Men Go on Trial July 1 Morocco should drop criminal charges against a human rights defender and a television reporter, both of whom are accused of disseminating “false information,” Human Rights Watch said today. July 1, 2008 Press Release Also available in
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